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Vatican paper's James Bond review shakes (not stirs) its religious image
Catholic church mouthpiece devotes five articles to 007 film Skyfall, praising 'beautiful Bond girls' and 'essential vodka martinis'
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2012

Paul Giamatti and Billy Bob Thornton to star in JFK biopic
Parkland, co-produced by Tom Hanks, will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2012

Pack your bags for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel II
Surprise hit starring Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy as English retirees in India is to get a sequel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2012

Jamie Foxx lined up to play Electro in Spider-Man sequel
Actor hints he is to let sparks fly as supervillain Electro in Marc Webb's planned sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2012

Bryan Singer Is Back To Direct Upcoming X-Men
20th Century Fox approached Bryan Singer to direct the first installment of X-Men in 2000 and he has remained loyally involved in the superhero franchise ever since.
From: Screenrush 31/10/2012

Star Wars Episode VII Scheduled For 2015
Now that Disney has acquired Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion, a new Star Wars trilogy is in the works with the first to be completed for 2015.
From: Screenrush 31/10/2012

RZA to direct Genghis Khan biopic
Wu-Tang Clan leader turned actor to helm film about life of Mongol emperor, based on a script by John Milius.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2012

Fast Five Director Justin Lin Signs On To Comedy Sci-Fi Project
Though he started his career with the Sundance hit Better Luck Tomorrow, Justin Lin has made a huge name for himself with the Fast and Furious franchise, which he took over only with the third in the series and has pretty much defined.
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2012

Daniel Craig Is One Of George Clooney's Monuments Men
Clooney's new WWII drama Monuments Men begins shooting next spring, with an equally monumental cast, including Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin
From: Screenrush 30/10/2012

Gerard Butler's Olympus Has Fallen Coming To Compete With Channing Tatum Next Year
When Roland Emmerich cast Channing Tatum to star in his thriller White House Down, about a secret service agent defending the President's home from a terrorist attack.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Why Didn't You See Cloud Atlas This Weekend?
When we really love a movie around here, we do our best to tell you about it, not because we think our opinions are so important, but because you always want to get the word out about something that's great.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Midnight In Paris Makers Sued By William Faulkner's Estate
Last year's surprise Woody Allen hit Midnight in Paris paid tribute to all kinds of great authors and artists from the 20th century, with many of them-- like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald-- making hilarious appearances in the flesh.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Watching Horror Movies Can Burn Away Halloween Candy Calories: It's Science!
Scary movies and gorging on candy are two major parts of the joy of Halloween, and it turns out one of these is actually good for you! Well, at least for your waistline.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Hurricane Sandy Claims A Piece Of Film History As The HMS Bounty Sinks
As the Northeast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the storm of record size has already taken a number of human casualties-- along with a piece of movie history.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Daniel Craig, Bill Murray And More Make Up Star-Studded Cast Of George Clooney's Next
When George Clooney calls and asks you to take part in his next movie, you apparently say yes no matter who you are.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Patrick Wilson And Liv Tyler Are On Space Station 76
Shooting has wrapped on Jack Plotnick's first film Space Station 76, a 1970's style sci-fi dramatic comedy starring Patrick Wilson and Liv Tyler.
From: Screenrush 29/10/2012

George Clooney Sets Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin For WWII Drama 'Monuments Men'
What a killer cast George Clooney has put together for The Monuments Men, the period drama he will direct in a co-production between Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
From: Deadline 29/10/2012

UPDATE Hurricane Sandy: 'Jimmy Kimmel' Brooklyn Show Shut Tonight, Letterman And Fallon To Tape Without Audiences; Stock Market, NYC Movie Theaters, Broadway Closed; Film And TV Production On Hold
Hurricane Sandy has closed down Jimmy Kimmel Live's New York City show tonight at the Harvey Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music as the storm closes in on New York. His late-night counterparts Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman will tape their shows without studio audiences.
From: Deadline 29/10/2012

Illusions, Michael! The Magic Castle Getting The Movie Treatment
Arrested Development fans are well aware of The Magic Castle. It was the venue that older brother GOB (played by Will Arnett) worked to perform at after he was banned from the magician's alliance.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2012

Boris Kodjoe Gets Addicted
The last time we saw him, Boris Kodjoe was more concerned with battling against an onslaught of slavering, infected zombie types in Resident Evil: Retribution than sexing up any particular joint. But lust will most definitely be on his mind when he takes part in a new drama called Addicted.
From: Empire Online 28/10/2012

John Logan Writing Bond 24 & 25
Given the enormously positive reaction to Skyfall from both critics and audiences (the film is already breaking box office records here in the UK),it figures that at least one of the people involved, co-writer John Logan, would already be at work figuring out James Bond's next step.
From: Empire Online 28/10/2012

Second Sundance London film and music festival to be held 25-28 April 2013
Robert Redford, Sundance Institute and AEG Europe announced today that following the success of the first-ever Sundance London film and music festival in April 2012, the event will return to the world famous London venue, The O2, for a further two years, in 2013 and 2014.
From: Film-News 28/10/2012

Hurricane Sandy: Movie Theaters Closing
Moviegoing from Washington DC to Connecticut will be slammed by Hurricane Sandy starting tonight and continuing Monday. Many theaters in the lucrative NYC market , 2nd biggest in North America after LA , already are dark until Tuesday after sending employees home early because of Frankenstorm.
From: Deadline 28/10/2012

William Faulkner estate sues Sony over Midnight in Paris line
Faulkner Literary Rights, LLC, claims Sony did not seek permission to quote snippet in Woody Allen's hit comedy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/10/2012

Cloud Atlas under fire for casting white actors in 'yellowface' makeup
Adaptation of David Mitchell book reflects film industry's racial pecking order, says Asian-American action group.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/10/2012

Adam Sandler Joins Ridiculous Six
Comedy westerns seem suddenly to be all the rage. Following Will Ferrell's Casa De Mi Padre and the news that the follow-up to Black Dynamite will be along Blazing Saddles lines, Adam Sandler is now getting in on the action, with a spoof called Ridiculous Six.
From: Empire Online 26/10/2012

Bond 24 Already Being Written By John Logan
There are so many good things about the new James Bond film Skyfall that it's genuinely difficult to pick out all of them. Sam Mendes's direction keep the action scenes light, yet, but would they be as good with Javier Bardem's villain?
From: Cinema Blend 26/10/2012

Christian Bale Could Also Join Wally Pfister's Transcendence
Christian Bale has worked with Christopher Nolan four times in the last decade, on three Batman movies and The Prestige, and every time Wally Pfister has been right there with them. Pfister has been Nolan's go-to cinematographer since Memento, and surely Pfister and Bale have had plenty of time to bond on their own over the course of shooting four giant movies.
From: Cinema Blend 26/10/2012

Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler And Matt Bomer Front Low-Budget Sci-Fi Feature
Space: the final frontier. In film this setting has been most often used to explore imagined versions of mankind's future for better or worse.
From: Cinema Blend 26/10/2012

Michael Pitt And Nina Arianda Headline Rob The Mob
With the American Film Market just around the corner, there's been a flood of new projects making headlines, the latest of which is the crime thriller Rob The Mob.
From: Cinema Blend 26/10/2012

Lego: The Movie calls kids to enter competition
Winners have the chance for their creations to appear in the upcoming LEGO movie due to be released in cinemas in 2014
From: Film-News 26/10/2012

ICM Partners Signs Actor Michael Kenneth Williams
ICM Partners has signed Michael Kenneth Williams, who is lighting it up after bursting on the scene in HBO's The Wire as Omar, robber of drug dealers.
From: Deadline 26/10/2012

New Screenwriter For Mass Effect
It's a couple of years since Warners announced they were developing a Mass Effect movie with the help of their frequent collaborators at Legendary.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Clive Owen Could Be King Of The Castle
Clive Owen: comic god? It could happen. True, he can be charming, but he's been serious a lot in movies.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Cameron Crowe Targets Bradley Cooper
With Emma Stone already lined up, it appears the casting gods are once more smiling on Cameron Crowe (perhaps unsurprisingly) as he has Bradley Cooper in talks to join his latest, untitled script.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Evil Dead Trailer Screams In
After the first image hitting the web and a teaser that mashed-up footage of the cast at the New York Comic-Con and slivers of the trailer, we now welcome the full on, gore-soaked red band trailer for the remake of Evil Dead. Take a peek - if you dare - above.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Frances O'Connor Has Mercy
As All Hallow's Eve creeps closer to us, it seems somehow fitting that there are several recent Stephen King adaptations crawling towards the screen. Sinister director Scott Derrickson is working up The Breathing Method and now Peter Cornwell has Frances O'Connor lined up to star in Mercy.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Matthew Vaughn Off First Class Sequel
An alarm is ringing somewhere deep within the 20th Century Fox lot today. It's howling because Matthew Vaughn has opted to drop out of directing X-Men: First Class sequel Days Of Future Past.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Eli Roth Finds Green Inferno Cast
Though from the title you might guess it's a new eco-superhero tale (suck it, Captain Planet!) The Green Inferno is actually Eli Roth's return to film directing. He's been developing it for a few months and has now rounded up Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Lorenza Izzo and Ariel Levy to fill out the cast.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2012

Clive Owen Will Get Caught Cheating In New Comedy The King Of The Castle
Clive Owen has been in a few funny movies, but he's hardly someone you could call a comedian. While he has mixed things up over the course of his career, Owen has largely stuck to dramas and thrillers, seemingly not interested in making audiences laugh. But now he's apparently ready to stretch his limitations as an actor by venturing into new territory.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2012

The Wolverine Takes Place After All Other X-Men Movies
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as is pretty obvious from the clumsy title, was a prequel to the first trilogy of X-Men films that was apparently intended to be the first of many.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2012

Brittany Murphy Getting A Biopic And Bizarre Promotion For A Documentary
The death of bubbly comedian Brittany Murphy at 32 was puzzling and deeply tragic.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2012

Jonathan Demme Could Finally Return To Fiction Films With Old Fire
Since 2008's critically heralded Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme has had some hardships getting back into the swing of narrative features.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2012

Johnny Depp Hoping For Transcendence
The A-list actor is currently negotiating with Wally Pfister to play the lead role in the award-winning cinematographer's upcoming directorial debut.
From: Screenrush 25/10/2012

Arnold And 'Conan The Barbarian' Reunited: Universal Reboots Action Franchise With Schwarzenegger
Universal Pictures has made a deal for The Legend Of Conan, an action film that will star Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his signature roles as Robert E. Howard's mythic barbarian. The deal brings Conan and Schwarzenegger back to Universal, which released the first film that launched Schwarzenegger's movie career back in 1982. Universal has world rights on the film.
From: Deadline 25/10/2012

Adam Sandler's Next: 'Ridiculous 6′
The title of Adam Sandler's next film will be Ridiculous 6, and it's a comedy Western that Paramount Pictures has committed to put into production in April. This is the laffer that Sandler was going to make at Sony before Happy Madison Productions moved it to Paramount.
From: Deadline 25/10/2012

James Cameron to direct film of The Informationist after Avatar sequels
Cameron will tackle movie based on bestselling thriller novel, despite saying he would stick to Avatar movies in future.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2012

Al Pacino to play ageing rocker in Dan Fogelman's Imagine
Pacino will join Julianne Moore in story of decadent musician inspired to change his ways by discovery of letter from John Lennon
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2012

Angelina Jolie's children get in on Maleficent action
Jolie's daughter Vivienne will be sharing limelight in Disney film with siblings Pax and Zahara - and their mother as the evil fairy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2012

Uggie dines out in Paris to celebrate release of memoirs
Canine star of Oscar-winning film The Artist does publicity round for book, including lunch at famous Brasserie Lipp.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2012

Wanted 2 Script Leaves Out Angelina Jolie, Adds New Female Lead
Those who've been hoping for a follow-up to the 2008 action film Wanted to be pleased to know that a script is in the works. In fact, Wanted screenwriter Derek Haas and his writing partner Michael Brandt are preparing to submit the second draft for the sequel's script. But, if you were hoping the sequel would bring back Angelina Jolie's character Fox, you may be in for a disappointment.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

The Avengers And Catwoman Are Top Halloween Costumes This Year
We'll be writing a lot about the costume choices of movie fans in the coming week, as Halloween arrives and brings with it a lot of people-- adults and kids alike-- who want to dress up as their favorite characters from the big screen.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

Eric Bana's International Thriller Gets A Name And A Release Date
After hitting theaters in a diverse trio of films in 2009—ranging from the flashy space adventure Star Trek to the Judd Apatow dramedy Funny People and the sci-fi-fueled romance The Time Traveler's Wife--Aussie actor Eric Bana became far more selective in his choices. 2010 went by without an appearance from Bana.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

Derek Jacobi Joins Nicole Kidmans Grace Kelly Biopic
The Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco has been blessed with buzz since it was a spec script bouncing around the desks of Hollywood players.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

Johnny Depp Could Be Paid A Small Fortune To Star In Wally Pfister's Directorial Debut
Most of what we know of Wally Pfister's work comes from the films he's made with Christopher Nolan-- as Nolan's go-to cinematographer since Memento.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity Gets PG-13 Rating, Which Means It's Finally Finished!
For a while we hoped that Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity would be a player in this year's Oscar race, or at least a fall release we could look forward to at the end of this year.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2012

Film academy looks for budding script writers
Are you made of the 'write' stuff? …a youth film academy has started its search for screenplays to be made into full length feature films next year.
From: Film-News 24/10/2012

James Cameron to direct The Informationist
The Avatar director's company Lightstorm Entertainment purchased the movie rights to author Taylor Stevens' 2011 novel.
From: Film-News 24/10/2012

Rupert Everett: Looks boosted my career
The British actor has appeared in a number of high-profile films including My Best Friend's Wedding and The Next Best Thing.
From: Film-News 24/10/2012

Mark Wahlberg On For Transformers 4?
Are recent Mark Walhberg/Transformers 4 casting rumours a classic case of two and two making seventeen or is there more to them? Well, according to Michael Bay, it's the latter.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2012

Skyfall Premiere Hits London
There are few London movie events to match a James Bond premiere, especially now that Harry Potter has gone to the giant horcrux in the sky, and Skyfall's didn't disappoint for scale and glamour.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2012

Al Pacino, Julianne Moore And Jeremy Renner To Star In Imagine
Screenwriter and director Dan Fogelan's wildest dreams have been realised after landing a rockstar cast for his upcoming project.
From: Screenrush 24/10/2012

Timothy Spall to play JMW Turner in Mike Leigh biopic
Actor and director will reunite for the first time in a decade on a big-budget film about the English landscape painter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2012

Tony Scott had antidepressant in system but no cancer
Los Angeles coroner confirms that British film director's death was suicide.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2012

Frank Grillo Up For Captain America 2
Though this remains one for the Rumour Files until the final decision is made, The Grey's Frank Grillo has hit Twitter to drop a hint that he has tested for a role in a Marvel film.
From: Empire Online 23/10/2012

Maddox And Zahara Jolie-Pitt Also Make Cameos In Maleficent
Though plenty of people can, with no small amount of shame, name all of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children in age order, the two superstars seem to have done a fairly good job of keeping their brood out of the spotlight, no matter how many times they're photographed visiting toy stores or museums.
From: Cinema Blend 23/10/2012

Hugh Grant Returns To Rom-Coms
One of the most successful comic actors in recent years gets back to what he does best in what will be his fourth collaboration with Marc Lawrence.
From: Screenrush 23/10/2012

Sundance film festival to return to London
Robert Redford says his Sundance London will be back next year after warm UK welcome for independent film festival.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2012

Steven Spielberg 'no longer attracted' to action films
'I could do the action in my sleep at this point in my career,' says director, explaining that Lincoln was partly inspired by a reconciliation with his father.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2012

Andy Serkis to direct motion capture film of Orwell's Animal Farm
Lord of the Rings star plans fresh take on George Orwell's political satire with 'emotionally centred' family movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2012

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Gets A Studio
Fans of the Assassin's Creed gaming franchise will already be eagerly awaiting the release of Assassin's Creed III on October 30, but now there's even more to get excited about: Ubisoft's planned Assassin's Creed film adaptation - set to star Michael Fassbender - has got itself studio backing from New Regency and a distributor in the form of Fox.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2012

First Look At Iron Man 3's Mandarin
Iron Man 3 Day continues apace with EW unveiling the first look at Sir Ben Kingsley's Mandarin, the bad guy set to put Tony Stark through his paces over the course of the highly-anticipated threequel.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2012

Herzog Directing Vernon God Little
Though he'll be seen as the villain in Jack Reacher this Christmas, Werner Herzog shows no sign of giving up the directing lark in favour of becoming a baddie-for-hire. Instead, Herzog has picked a potential next shot-calling job, signing on to adapt D.B.C Pierre's award-winning book Vernon God Little.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2012

Emmy Rossum Says You're Not You
Hilary Swank already has two Oscars classing up her mantelpiece (though for all we know, she might keep them in the loo). It appears she has her eye on another, signing on to play a woman suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease in You're Not you. She'll get some able support from Emmy Rossum.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2012

Kendrick Recalls The Last Five Years
While UK audiences won't get to see her impressive musical stylings in Pitch Perfect for another couple of months, Anna Kendrick is planning to put them to the test again for a new music-based romantic comedy drama. Kendrick has locked in the lead of The Last Five Years.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2012

Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed Adaptation Finds Funding And Distribution
With ever-expanding worlds and incredible action sequences, video games have become a reliable inspiration for movie adaptations, no matter how often the results are decried to be terrible. However, there seems to be plenty of promise attached to the in-development adaptation of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

Werner Herzog To Direct Texas-Set Coming-of-Age Drama
Frequently leaping from narrative to documentary films and back again, German writer-director Werner Herzog is a diverse and prolific filmmaker with more than 60 projects to his credit.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

Guardians Of The Galaxy Writer Sells Travel Dramedy Script Year Abroad
Chris McCoy kind of got the raw end of the deal when Marvel Studios hired James Gunn to direct Guardians of the Galaxy.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

Lego Gets Its Release Date Bumped Up
Most studios probably haven't even figured out exactly how their 2013 release schedules will play out, but Warner Bros. is already tinkering around with their 2014 calendar.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

Lars And The Real Girl Director May Helm Baseball Drama Million Dollar Arm, Starring Jon Hamm
He may not be directing the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but filmmaker Craig Gillespie has kept busy since releasing his Fright Night remake last summer.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

David Paymer Joins Chris Pine And Kevin Costner In Jack Ryan
David Paymer has become the latest actor to join the cast of Jack Ryan, the new action thriller from director Kenneth Branagh featuring the star character from Tom Clancy's long series of spy novels.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2012

Tye Sheridan Joins Nic Cage In 'Joe'
The Tree Of Life actor will join the Oscar winner in Joe, the Southern drama directed by David Gordon Green. Tye Sheridan will play Gary Jones, the eldest child in a homeless family headed by an alcoholic father.
From: Deadline 22/10/2012

Yash Chopra, Bollywood movie mogul, dies at 80
Hit films included Deewar (Wall), Dil To Pagal Hai (The Heart Is Mad) and Chandni (Moonlight).
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2012

Paranormal Activity 5 And Latino-Focused Spinoff On Their Way
At this point a new Paranormal Activity movie is pretty much synonymous with the arrival of fall weather and Halloween.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2012

London film festival gives top prize to Rust and Bone
Best film award goes to Jacques Audiard production while Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter are made BFI fellows.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/10/2012

Andy Serkis To Make His Directorial Debut With Performance Capture Adaptation Of Animal Farm
This has been a huge year for Andy Serkis despite the fact that he hasn't been in a single movie so far in 2012.
From: Cinema Blend 20/10/2012

Hard Boiled Private Eye Mike Hammer Getting Resurrected
When it comes to hard-boiled private investigators Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe tend to steal all of the headlines, but Mike Hammer doesn't deserve to be ignored.
From: Cinema Blend 20/10/2012

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Lands At Disney
It took nearly a month to get done, but Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, an adaptation of the children's book by Judith Viorst, has found a new home. Following Fox's decision to no longer produce the project, Disney has come to the rescue and has swept it off the open market.
From: Cinema Blend 20/10/2012

Moonrise Kingdom's Kara Hayward Gets The Lead In The Sisterhood of Night
In the race between Moonrise Kingdom stars Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman to find a second role in Hollywood it would seem that the actress has bested the actor. Reports are saying that Hayward has taken a part in The Sisterhood of Night, a new teen drama
From: Cinema Blend 20/10/2012

Joaquin Phoenix: 'I don't want this Oscars carrot'
Tipped to win for his role in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, the actor dismisses the awards season as 'stupid'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2012

Sam Mendes happy to direct another Bond film if Skyfall is a hit
British director says Skyfall has left him 'knackered' but that he would do it again if it is goes down well with audiences.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2012

George Clooney called as witness in Silvio Berlusconi trial
Hollywood star will dispute claim by Karima el-Mahroug that he attended former Italian leader's 'Bunga Bunga' party.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2012

Pitt Going 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?
Though he stepped aboard the project back in 2010, David Fincher has been taking a slow and steady approach in developing a new version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea at Disney.
From: Empire Online 19/10/2012

David Oyelowo Cast As Sugar Ray Robinson In Boxer Biopic Sweet Thunder
Boxers like Jake LaMotta and Muhammad Ali have had their stories told on the big screen, and apparently now it's Sugar Ray Robinson's turn.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

The Canyons: Lindsay Lohan Either Blew Off Work Or Is Bret Easton Ellis' New BFF
Neither Lindsay Lohan nor Bret Easton Ellis is a stranger to controversy. Both have been at the center of numerous arguments, scandals and feuds throughout their tenures in Hollywood, and each is very willing to say whatever comes to his or her mind.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Stunt Legend Vic Armstrong In Talks To Direct Nicolas Cage In Left Behind
The pieces are quickly falling into place for the upcoming "mainstream" adaptation of Christian rapture book series Left Behind.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Deadpool Just Needs The Greenlight From Fox And It Will Be Ready To Go
We here at Cinema Blend often talk of projects trapped in development hell, be it Ghostbusters IIIor the long awaited Janis Joplin biopic, but one that we find ourselves cheering on regularly is the comic book movie Deadpool.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Jason Segel Sells Comedy Based On The Other F Word
Getting old is a bitch. When you are a tattooed, pierced and foul-mouthed punk rocker … getting old's even more of a pain in the ass.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Nicolas Cage Will Lead Reboot Of The Christian Left Behind Series
Nicolas Cage, the Oscar winner and famous crazy person, has spent a solid 10 years of his career being completely unpredictable, taking on only the movies that seemed the most unlikely, the wildest, the most doomed for obscurity if it weren't for his name attached.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Spike Lee's Oldboy Set For October 2013 Release
With Spike Lee's remake of the Korean revenge classic Oldboy going into production, we've still got plenty of questions about how his take on the material will compare to Park Chan-wook's original and we're confident that, no matter what Lee does, some fanboys out there will just hate it regardless.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Has Minor Role For Mary Jane
You've been hearing Shailene Woodley's name a lot lately, and that only means good things for the 21-year-old who had a big breakout last year in Alexander Payne's The Descendants.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2012

Fincher's Wants Pitt To Go 20,000 Leagues Under The Seas
David Fincher wants to make a fourth film with Brad Pitt in which the A-lister will go deep under the ocean surface as Ned Land in a fresh adaptation of the Jules Verne classic.
From: Screenrush 19/10/2012

Michael Douglas And Diane Keaton Cast In 'And So It Goes…'
The two big shot A-listers will be working together for the first time in the upcoming PJ Hogan comedy.
From: Screenrush 19/10/2012

Fox Makes Deal For Jason Segel And Drew Pearce To Turn 'The Other F Word' Into Feature Comedy
Jason Segel and Drew Pearce have sold a pitch to Fox. They will turn the documentary The Other F Word into a feature that will be a star vehicle for the How I Met Your Mother star. Segel and Pearce will co-write and be executive producers.
From: Deadline 19/10/2012

Ted gets a bear hug from Hollywood Reporter Key Art awards judges
Seth MacFarlane's comedy about a potty-mouthed teddy bear takes gold for best integrated and print movie ad campaigns.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2012

Emmanuelle actor Sylvia Kristel dies
Star of 1974 film about bored housewife who embarks on voyage of sexual discovery dies after cancer battle and stroke.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2012

New Django Unchained Banner
If your day is lacking in gunslingers, fear not! We have the answer in the form of a new character banner for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, focusing on Christoph Waltz' Dr King Schultz. Check it out below - as ever, click to enlarge.
From: Empire Online 18/10/2012

Michael Bay Picks A Fight With Hugo Weaving For Calling Megatron Role 'Meaningless'
Hugo Weaving's been busy recently doing interviews for Cloud Atlas, but of course, it's hard for an actor who's appeared in so many popular franchises not to wind up talking about one of those roles as well.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2012

Is Ghostbusters 3 Finally Shooting Next Summer?
On again. Off again. On again. Off again. Now Ghostbusters 3 apparently is on again, with production on the long-gestating sequel beginning Summer 2013.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2012

Moonrise Kingdom, Bernie, Beasts Of The Southern Wild Lead Gotham Award Nominations
The first movie awards show of the season also tends to be one of the most interesting, as every year the Gotham Independent Film Awards showcase some of the most fascinating and under appreciated indie films released-- including many that have absolutely zero shot at Oscar attention.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2012

Warner Bros. wins victory in Superman lawsuit
A federal Californian judge has ruled that movie studio Warner Bros. has ownership in the one-half of Superman property rights created by Joe Shuster.
From: Coming Attractions 18/10/2012

The Twilight Franchise Will Not End With Breaking Dawn
Even before Breaking Dawn - Part Two is put to bed, studios Summit and Lionsgate are thinking up ways to keep the Twilight Saga alive, even though nothing has yet been confirmed.
From: Screenrush 18/10/2012

Elizabeth Banks Is Walking The Walk
Steve Brill has cast Elizabeth Banks to star in his comedy "Walk of Shame" as a hungover journalist who is on a race across Los Angeles to score her dream job.
From: Screenrush 18/10/2012

Michael Douglas And Diane Keaton Aligned With 'And So It Goes…'
Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton are attached to star in And So It Goes…, a comedy scripted by As Good As It Gets writer Mark Andrus and directed by PJ Hogan.
From: Deadline 18/10/2012

R.I.P. Sylvia Kristel
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, best known for her turn as the eponymous character in the Emmanuelle film series, passed away last night. Kristel, 60, died in her sleep following a battle with cancer, her agent told AFP. She became internationally known for the 1974 French erotic film Emmanuelle, in which she portrayed a sexually promiscuous housewife.
From: Deadline 18/10/2012

Movie Academy On Track For Museum Funding, Offers First Look At New Plans
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled new details of its Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which is set to open in 2016.
From: Deadline 18/10/2012

WME Motion Pic Lit Department Adds VFX To Annual Spoof Film 'The Transfer'
It started with Pinkberry: The Movie, and then Yom Kippur At WME and Staff Meeting: The Movie. When WME holds its all-company meeting, departments contribute in-house spoofs for the amusement of their colleagues. And Deadline has had fun airing them when we get them.
From: Deadline 18/10/2012

Blackadder creators once planned film set in the swinging 60s
Movie would have starred Rowan Atkinson as illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Robinson as rock drummer named Bald Rick.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2012

Lee Daniels the latest director linked with long-awaited Janis Joplin biopic
Cameras set to roll in 2013, a decade and three directors after plans to bring singer's story to the big screen were first mooted.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2012

Hugo Weaving slams Transformers role as 'meaningless'
Voice of chief Transformers villain Megatron admits he 'never read script' and hasn't even met director Michael Bay.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2012

A Liar's Autobiography LFF Gala Report
The perception of Graham Chapman is that of a comedy genius touched by melancholy, introspection and the occasional soft cushion.
From: Empire Online 17/10/2012

New Details on Damon Lindelof And Brad Bird's Secret Sci-Fi Project
Presenting expansive worlds that often offer more questions than answers, screenwriter-producer Damon Lindelof is quite the controversial figure in contemporary pop culture.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Nicole Kidman Passes On Lars Von Trier's Graphic Nymphomaniac
Lars von Trier's allegedly specific Nymphomaniac has been busy in its pre-production casting process, though the film just lost its first high-profile ensemble member and it's someone who actually worked with Von Trier in the past.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Argo's Fake Movie Studio Even Fooled Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg knows that Ben Affleck's Argo is a work of fiction and not a documentary, right? Well, he likely does now, but he didn't back in the early 1980s.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Dark Knight Rises DP Wally Pfister Calls The Avengers Appalling
Sounds like someone is being a little pissy about Joss Whedon's The Avengers making a lot more money than Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises over the summer.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Kick-Ass 2 Plot Synopsis Revealed And Other Updates
Among the relatively recent updates about the anticipated follow-up to the 2010 action-comedy Kick-Ass was that the production was finished in Toronto and set to resume shooting in London.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Twilight Could Continue In Some Form Beyond Breaking Dawn Part 2
The Twilight Saga may be coming to an end with Breaking Dawn Part 2 set to arrive in theaters in just a matter of weeks, but that may not be the end of the franchise completely.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Will Transformers 4 Star A High School Girl?
As much as it felt like Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the big, bloated, ridiculous but appropriate finale for Michael Bay's robot-smashing series, a Transformers 4 remains in the works, with Bay set to return as director and a 2014 release date promised. In fact, at a presentation about their upcoming slate on Monday.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Tom Cruise Attached To Sci-Fi Drama Our Name Is Adam
Tom Cruise seems to be on a bit of a sci-fi kick of late, having recently finished production on Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion and just recently starting work on Doug Liman's All You Need Is Kill, but he's already prepared to add another title to his genre collection.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2012

Robert Pattinson Is Cast In Hold On To Me
Robert Pattinson is set to be the object of Carey Mulligan's affections in James Marsh's new thriller about a kidnapping gone awry.
From: Screenrush 17/10/2012

AFM: Woody Harrelson, Martin Sheen Team For 9/11 Pic 'September Morn'
Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen will star in September Morn, a drama framed around 9/11. The film, in the vein of Twelve Angry Men, has been set up by Fleur De Lis Film Studios.
From: Deadline 17/10/2012

Golden Globes: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler replace Ricky Gervais as hosts
American duo to present 70th ceremony after British comedian's controversial three-year stint.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2012

Maggie Smith attacks Hollywood's obsession with youth
The Downton Abbey actor claims studios treat audiences like 'five-year-olds' and an older demographic should be catered for
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2012

Johnny Depp tries his hand at book publishing
Actor to run imprint for HarperCollins named after his Infinitum Nihil production firm with a Bob Dylan book already lined up.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2012

Fey And Poehler To Host Golden Globes
30 Rock's Tina Fey and Parks And Recreation's Amy Poehler will host 2013's Golden Globes in January, replacing Ricky Gervais, who has been slinging his particular brand of satirical barbs at The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's guests since 2010.
From: Empire Online 16/10/2012

Jim Carrey Casing Loomis Fargo
He's been dishing out rough justice as The Colonel in a cameo part for the Kick-Ass sequel, but soon Jim Carrey may be shimmying to the other side of the law. Carrey's in negotiations to star in Loomis Fargo, the tale of one of the biggest heists in US history.
From: Empire Online 16/10/2012

The Sapphires Hit The LFF Red Carpet
The bfi London Film Festival was a good place to be last night if laughter, music and uplifting times are your thing - and, let's face it, whose thing aren't they? Don't answer that, Justin Lee Collins.
From: Empire Online 16/10/2012

Lost's Harold Perrineau Joins Arnold Schwarzenegger In Ten
Harold Perrineau has been busy for much of 2012. In addition to starring in episodes of television series like Sons of Anarchy, Georgia and The Wedding Band (on which he stars), he has also been busy on the feature front with roles in movies like Seeking Justice, Transit, and Sunset Stories.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2012

Mike Epps Will Play Richard Pryor In Nina Simone Biopic
Zoe Saldana is gearing up to play the legendary singer Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic, but she won't be the only member of the cast trying to fill some really enormous shoes.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2012

Four Scottish films at world's biggest documentary festival
The Perfect Fit, directed by Tali Yankelevich, is included in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' eight contenders for the field Documentary Short Subject, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.
From: Film-News 16/10/2012

Chris O'Dowd talks 'mischievous' movie
Chris O'Dowd enjoyed being "mischievous" on the set for his new movie The Sapphires.
From: Film-News 16/10/2012

Aaron Paul Takes The Wheel In Need For Speed
Paul takes a role in director Scott Waugh's film adaptation of popular video-game franchise, Need For Speed. That's right. Bitch.
From: Screenrush 16/10/2012

Maven Pictures Frames Bowling Pic 'Rollin' Thunder' From 'Game's Kenny Smith Jr
Rollin' Thunder is a comedy about a bowling champ-turned-ex-con who sees in a city-wide bowling tournament the chance to get back in the game, prove his innocence to the tycoon who owns Atlanta's biggest bowling alley, and mend bridges with his estranged teenaged daughter.
From: Deadline 16/10/2012

Gersh Signs Toronto Helmer Trio
Gersh has signed three directors who premiered films as last month's Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 16/10/2012

Paramount Preview Reel: 'WWZ,' 'Pain & Gain' Big Surprises
After closing down the New York Film Festival on Sunday night with the Robert Zemeckis-directed Flight, Paramount chief Brad Grey and production topper Adam Goodman hung around Gotham for an extra day to show a promo reel from its slate through 2014.
From: Deadline 16/10/2012

Skyfall is James Bond back to his best, say critics
Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem win special acclaim in first responses to Sam Mendes's 50th-anniversary Bond film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2012

Brad Pitt: US war on drugs is a 'charade'
In promotion of new documentary The House I Live in, Pitt says America's anti-drugs strategy is 'backward'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2012

Christoph Waltz to join Michael Douglas on Mike Newell's Reykjavik
Austrian will play Mikhail Gorbachev as Douglas takes role of Ronald Reagan in drama about summit that thawed cold war.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2012

Actor John Clive dies aged 79
Star of A Clockwork Orange, the Pink Panther and the Italian Job, was also the voice of John Lennon in Yellow Submarine.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2012

Jai Courtney Up For A Felony
After blowing up / shooting/ smart-mouthing everything in Moscow as John McClane's son as part of A Good Day To Die Hard, you'd think Jai Courtney would be ready to play something other than a copper.
From: Empire Online 15/10/2012

Tom Hanks' Major Matt Mason Still Flying
Getting any project off the launchpad in Hollywood can be tough - even if you're a successful, Oscar-winning actor-director-producer-writer.
From: Empire Online 15/10/2012

Derrickson Knows The Breathing Method
Though he's flirted with non-horror projects such as a new version of the Goliath story, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose co-writer-director Scott Derrickson seems happy to stick with horror for now. And who can blame him when he has successes like Sinister.
From: Empire Online 15/10/2012

Sinister Director Scott Derrickson To Direct Adaptation Of Stephen King's The Breathing Method
While I didn't like Scott Derrickson's latest film, Sinister, because of its overdone plot, it's actually a very competently directed movie.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2012

RoboCop, Elysium, And Cloudy 2: Revenge Of The Leftovers Shift Around The Release Schedule
Two of the biggest sci-fi movies of 2013 are having their release schedules messed with. Sony has decided to make a few adjustments to their calendar next year and have even gone as far as to boot one of their biggest films off of it.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2012

Jai Courtney To Investigate Joel Edgerton In Felony
Jai Courtney is going from kicking ass alongside John McClane to finding out if Joel Edgerton has broken the law. New reports say that Courtney has signed on for the co-starring role in Felony, a new Australian drama that is set to be directed by Matthew Saville based on a script that Edgerton wrote.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2012

Marvel's Ant-Man movie comes out in 2015
Marvel Studios has spent some coin developing a live-action Ant-Man movie, slated to be directed by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead).
From: Coming Attractions 15/10/2012

Tim Burton considers Saw movie
Tim Burton has joked he wouldn't rule out making a "Saw 7".
From: Film-News 15/10/2012

Hugh Jackman to play Houdini in planning Broadway
Hugh Jackman will light up the screen this Christmas in the film version of Les Miserables, but he is planning his return to stage for the 2013-14 season as the master illusionist Harry Houdini.
From: Film-News 15/10/2012

Clark Gregg Named Hero Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The action star has been cast as Agent Phil Coulson in the upcoming television series based on the Marvel comic, in continuation of his Iron Man role.
From: Screenrush 15/10/2012

Chris Boal Re-Writing Old Man's War
Back in February 2011, Paramount slapped down the cash for the rights to John Scalzi's science fiction novel Old Man's War.
From: Empire Online 14/10/2012

Reynolds Racing To Battle For Bonneville
Picture the film equivalent of one of those dodgy auctions in a hollowed out high street store where punters bid for what they hope is a cheap PS3 but might actually be a broken toaster and two small bricks
From: Empire Online 14/10/2012

First Pic Of Dom Hemingway Jude Law & Richard E Grant go south
Back in May, The Matador's director Richard Shepard arrived in Cannes looking to rustle up funding for his latest project, Dom Hemingway.
From: Empire Online 14/10/2012

McGregor Will Be A Son Of A Gun Ewan's set for an Aussie crime thriller
The American Film Market kicks off at the end of this month in Santa Monica, which means that various companies, producers and filmmakers will descend on the place like tube buskers looking for cash to help make their cine-dreams a reality.
From: Empire Online 14/10/2012

Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Harry Potter star join forces in Russian classic
A fervent passion for the work of author Mikhail Bulgakov has brought the actors together to play the same doctor in a TV series based on the writer's first book.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/10/2012

New York Comic Con Costumes: Lady Avengers, Bane, Nurse Joker And More Take Manhattan
Tucked away in the Javits Center on the far west side of Manhattan, New York Comic Con could easily slip into the background of a city this big and chaotic
From: Cinema Blend 13/10/2012

Jodie Foster to direct indie thriller Money Monster
Directorial followup to The Beaver will be live-on-TV hostage drama in which share tipster is targeted by a viewer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/10/2012

Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone to fight it out in Grudge Match
Boxing stars of Raging Bull and Rocky will go toe-to-toe in director Peter Segal's forthcoming film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/10/2012

Blood And End Of Watch LFF Red Carpets
The second day of the BFI London Film Festival 2012 featured something no LFF could ever do without: buckets of blood rain, falling from the sky and onto the assembled stars in Leicester Square, this time around for Nick Murphy's (The Awakening) Blood and David Ayers' End Of Watch.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2012

Ridley Scott On Blade Runner 2 And More
British commuters' freesheet The Metro spoke with Ridley Scott this week to tie-in with Prometheus's Blu-ray and DVD release, as you might have guessed, the conversation turned to the possibilities for Prometheus 2 and Blade Runner 2.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2012

True Blood's Deborah Ann Woll Joins Zac Efron In Are We Officially Dating
Given the popularity of her character on True Blood, it's a wonder Deborah Ann Woll's feature career hasn't exploded in recent years. She's played a few movie roles and has some in the works, and she's done some guest-starring roles on other TV shows.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2012

Ewan McGregor Turns To Dark Side For Indie Aussie Crime Thriller
The last time Ewan McGregor agreed to mentor a young protégé on screen, he gave birth to Darth Vader - arguably the meanest villain in silver-screen history. He'll try to mentor yet another "kid" in an upcoming film, but it's more of a heist than a sci-fi prequel, so our galaxy should be safe (for the time being).
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2012

Aaron Paul Wants To Play Eddie Dean In Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Warner Bros.' planned adaptation of Stephen King's massive The Dark Tower series has stalled.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2012

Kim Cattrall wins sexy theatre role
The actress will star as faded movie star Alexandra del Lago in a theatre adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird Of Youth.
From: Film-News 12/10/2012

Ridley Scott confirms Blade Runner sequel
Director Ridley Scott guarantees that a sequel to Blade Runner is "happening".
From: Film-News 12/10/2012

Dennie Gordon To Direct China Pic 'My Lucky Star'
The helmer of Joe Dirt, New York Minute and What A Girl Wants will become the first American woman to direct a feature for the Chinese market.
From: Deadline 12/10/2012

Tom Harper To Direct Hammer's 'The Woman In Black' Sequel 'Angel Of Death'
Hammer's The Woman In Black series is giving another sophomore helmer a shot. Tom Harper, who'll direct follow-up Angel Of Death, has mostly worked in UK TV with 2009′s The Scouting Book For Boys his only feature.
From: Deadline 12/10/2012

David Fincher And Blur Studios Stump For 'The Goon' Funds On Kickstarter
Here is one way to get a passion project financed. David Fincher and Blur Studios want to make an animated feature out of the the Eric Powell comic book series The Goon, and they have launched the "Let's Kickstart This Fuckin' Film" fundraising campaign.
From: Deadline 12/10/2012

Uma Thurman added to cast of Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac
Star of Kill Bill joins Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia LaBeouf and others on supposedly pornographic film which will be shown in both 'hardcore' and 'softcore' versions.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2012

Matt Damon Joins The Zero Theorem
The last time Matt Damon worked with Terry Gilliam, we got The Brothers Grimm, which, while it may not have been classic Gilliam, at least had a fun spirit behind it. So we're happy to learn that the pair is planning to reunite, even if Damon will only be doing his old friend a favour and popping up for a quick role in the director's latest, The Zero Theorem.
From: Empire Online 11/10/2012

Andre Ovredal Has Enormous Plans
We learned many things from Trollhunter, but what was perhaps clearest was that director Andre Ovredal likes Very Big Monsters. It's apropriate then, that his next project is Enormous, a beastly post-apocalyptic tale adapted from Image Comics' large-format graphic novel.
From: Empire Online 11/10/2012

Michelle Williams Visits Suite Francaise
It's six years since Universal picked up Irene Nemirovsky's posthumous bestseller for a film adaptation, but Suite Francaise now finally seems to be coming together.
From: Empire Online 11/10/2012

Frankenweenie Opens London Film Festival
A frosty night in London's Leicester Square was warmed up by the presence of Tim Burton and his Frankenweenie crew for the opening night of the BFI London Film Festival.
From: Empire Online 11/10/2012

Jamie Foxx And Ken Jeong Planning Two Comedies Together
Ken Jeong and Jamie Foxx have each worked on Todd Phillips comedies in the past - the Hangover trilogy and Due Date, respectively.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2012

New UK production of Jesus Christ Superstar to get US release
A new, re-invented version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar opened earlier this month and the U.K. and fans in the U.S. will get the chance to see the production in theaters on Monday, October 29 and Thursday, November 1.
From: Film-News 11/10/2012

Sadie Frost announces new film production company at 'The Actress' premiere
Last night saw the film premiere of 'The Actress', an independent short film produced and directed by Ben Charles Edwards in association with The Smalls, which stars Sadie Frost, Perry Benson, Sally Phillips, Fabrizio Santino and Morgana Robinson.
From: Film-News 11/10/2012

Harris Savides Dies Aged 55
Harris Savides, one of the most respected and admired cinematographers in cinema has died at the age of 55
From: Screenrush 11/10/2012

Julianne Moore Goes Non-Stop in New Action-Thriller
The fierce film star will be flying high alongside co-star Liam Neeson in Jaume Collet-Serra's upcoming thrill ride about an air marshall who is called to action aboard a non-stop flight.
From: Screenrush 11/10/2012

Uma Thurman Joins The Cast Of Lars Von Trier's Nyphomaniac
The Danish provocateur has added the American actor to an already bursting cast that so far boasts Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Stellan Skarsgard and centres on Charlotte Gainsbourg as a sex maniac.
From: Screenrush 11/10/2012

AFI Fest 2012 Sets Galas Lineup
The American Film Institute's annual festival announced its Centerpiece Galas today, with Ang Lee's Life Of Pi, Walter Salles' On The Road, DreamWorks Animation's Rise Of The Guardians and Jacques Audiard's Rust And Bone starring Marion Cotillard landing the prime spots.
From: Deadline 11/10/2012

Tom Hanks set for Broadway debut
The 56-year-old actor will make his debut in stage biography Lucky Guy by late playwright Nora Ephron, Variety reports.
From: Film-News 11/10/2012

Beyoncé fails to make Clint Eastwood's day after quitting A Star is Born again
Esperanza Spalding speculation grows after delay in announcing start date prompts R&B singer to walk away for a second time.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2012

Ryan Gosling's Driver may take to the road again
Director Nicolas Winding Refn won't do a sequel to Drive, but is exploring possible new spin-offs for the character of the Driver.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2012

Matt Damon to make bald cameo in Terry Gilliam film
The former Python will take advantage of Damon's recently shaved head for a cameo in his new fantasy, The Zero Theorem.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2012

Jurassic Park 4 Artwork Surfaces Online
After Joe Johnston's Jurassic Park III in 2001, there was meant to be, at some point, a Jurassic Park IV. Scripts were offered to Spielberg and then rejected numerous times, with William Monahan and John Sayles' effort working on the idea of dinosaurs-on-the-mainland combined with human/dinosaur hybrid soldiers that could use guns and carry out simple tasks.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2012

Uma Thurman Joins Nymphomaniac
He's currently busy cranking the cameras on his latest, Nymphomaniac, but Lars von Trier has still found time to dragoon someone new into the cast. Uma Thurman has agreed to take her first role for the director.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2012

Julianne Moore Heads To Non-Stop
The last time Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson shared the screen, it was for sensual drama Chloe, which saw him cheating on her with Amanda Seyfried. But through they'll be playing characters that click in Non-Stop, they'll have other things on their minds.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2012

Danny DeVito Going On A Honeymoon With Dad
There was a time, back around 1996, when it appeared that Danny DeVito had permanently transitioned to the director's chair. Though he had made his bones as an actor, appearing in classics like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a number of hit television shows, DeVito enjoyed a run of successes as a filmmaker.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2012

Chris Hemsworth Offered $10 Million To Star In American Assassin
It is now time for Chris Hemsworth to start cashing in, and, frankly, he deserves it. The Australian actor has already become a sensation in Hollywood, his career taking off after showing his leading man skills in 2011's Thor.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2012

Release Dates Announced For We're The Millers, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, And More
Warner Bros. has some huge movies coming out next year, including titles like Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2012

Anthony Michael Hall Joins Steve Carell And Channing Tatum In Foxcatcher
Anthony Michael Hall is an actor who has undergone a pretty impressive transformation over the course of his career. While he started out as a teen playing geeks and nerds in John Hughes movies.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2012

Matt Damon Says He's Unlikely To Return As Jason Bourne
When Universal turned the reins to the Bourne franchise over to Jeremy Renner and director Tony Gilroy or a summer blockbuster, they wisely created a parallel story that could allow Matt Damon's spy.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2012

A look at the unused Jurassic Park 4 dino-human hybrids
It hasn't been a secret that Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment have been trying to make a Jurassic Park 4. Nor is it a secret that way back in 2005 they were tinkering around with a JP4 story that would have seen cloned dinosaurs created with a mixture of human DNA, thus giving us terrifying new creatures that were part dinosaur and part human.
From: Coming Attractions 10/10/2012

Hayden Christensen Becomes An Outcast
According to The Wrap, Hayden Christensen has signed up for new action drama, Outcast, alongside Nicolas Cage.
From: Screenrush 10/10/2012

Release Date Announced for Upcoming Peanuts Feature Film
Good man Charlie Brown and pals are making their way to the big screen.
From: Screenrush 10/10/2012

The Creators Behind Taken Talk Up A Trilogy
Right on the heels of Taken 2 hitting the cinemas last week, we are already hearing whispers of a possible third film in the works.
From: Screenrush 10/10/2012

Global Showbiz Briefs: Rome Fest Lineup, News Corp Bid For Consolidated Clears Hurdle, Cecchi Gori In Deal With Daro
The 2012 International Rome Film Festival lineup includes 59 world premieres and 5 international premieres. There also are two surprise films yet to be announced.
From: Deadline 10/10/2012

XLrator Media Acquires Docu 'Storm Surfers 3D' For U.S.
XLrator Media has acquired U.S. rights to the Aussie action documentary Storm Surfers 3D, which had its premiere at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 10/10/2012

Fifty Shades of Grey film hires Terra Nova writer
British screenwriter Kelly Marcel is tasked with bringing the knee-trembler to the screen, much to Bret Easton Ellis's chagrin.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2012

Midnight's Children film to be shown in India
Salman Rushdie's film set for December release despite fears no local distributor would risk controversy and buy rights.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2012

Oscars get entries from record number of countries for foreign-language prize
Amour, which won top prize at Cannes, is among films from 71 countries in running for foreign-language Academy Award.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2012

Harvey Weinstein and Michael Flatley team up for World Dance Awards
'The movie business to some extent is shrinking, and we have to look for new horizons,' Weinstein tells MIPCOM audience.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2012

Fifty Shades Of Grey Finds A Writer
Although such noted scribbling types as Bret Easton Ellis and this bloke chucked their hats into the ring to write the film adaptation of 50 Shades Of Grey, producers Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and author E.L. James have picked Kelly Marcel to crank out the script.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2012

Curtis Tracks Down The Buccaneers Adapting Edith Wharton's novel
He's had some success with a period film about one successful woman in My Week With Marilyn, so Simon Curtis is now trying his luck with a tale of five young ladies looking to secure their future. He's entered talks to direct a new cinematic adaptation of Edith Wharton's1938 novel, The Buccaneers.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2012

Charles Schulz's Peanuts Gang Headed To The Big Screen
Start brushing up on your Snoopy dance and start working on your exasperated "Oh brother," because Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock and the rest of the Peanuts gang are headed for the big screen.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2012

Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers Gets Behind The Magic Catalogue
Robert Zemeckis' production shingle, ImageMovers, has had some success partnering with Disney on Real Steel, the robot-boxing drama with Hugh Jackman in the lead. They are staying in the sci-fi/family mold for yet another project, and will tap an Ice Age scribe to get the job done.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2012

Matthew McConaughey Shedding Pounds To Play HIV Patient On Screen
Either Matthew McConaughey is very, very sick … or the actor has gone full Method is preparation for The Dallas Buyer's Club, an upcoming drama that challenges the handsome A-lister to play HIV victim Ron Woodroof.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2012

MythBusters Does Titanic Experiment To Test Jack And Rose's Floating Board
Walking out of my first screening of Titanic more than a decade ago, I doubt I was alone in wondering two things as I dried my eyes and tried not to look as wrecked as I felt.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2012

Armie Hammer Rumored For Batman In Justice League Movie
Armie Hammer, he of the perfectly chiseled jaw and other genetic advantages the rest of us could only dream of, seems pretty much born to play a superhero, and he's coming close to it with next year's The Lone Ranger.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2012

Kelly Marcel Will Script 50 Shades Of Grey Movie
E.L. James' kinky bestseller will be adapted for the screen by the writer of Saving Mr. Banks.
From: Screenrush 09/10/2012

Anne Hathaway Has Low Self-Esteem
2012 has been a big year for Anne Hathaway, enjoying success in this summer's biggest blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises and finishing production on Tom Hooper's epic adaption of Les Miz. Most recently the starlet has signed on for a new comedy.
From: Screenrush 09/10/2012

Gotham Awards To Honor Marion Cotillard
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's oldest and largest organization for independent filmmakers, announced today that Oscar Award™ winning Actor, Marion Cotillard will be honored with a career tribute at the 22nd Annual
From: Deadline 09/10/2012

Ben Affleck In Talks To Star In Warner Bros Grifter Tale 'Focus'
As Warner Bros prepares to open Ben Affleck's Oscar season entry Argo, the studio is in early talks with Affleck to star in Focus. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa wrote the script and will direct. Denise DiNovi is producing.
From: Deadline 09/10/2012

IFC Midnight Picks Up 'Crawlspace'
The company has acquired all North American rights to the sci-fi thriller. Crawlspace follows an elite military unit that discovers sinister goings-on at a top secret Australian base. Justin Dix directed Crawlspace from a script he co-wrote with Eddie Baroo and Adam Patrick Foster.
From: Deadline 09/10/2012

Christian Bale signs back on for David O Russell conman film
The actor will be reunited with the director of The Fighter, for which Bale won an Oscar, in a story about a shyster hired to take down corrupt politicians.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2012

Hungry Hungry Hippos to rampage on to big screen as Hasbro strikes film deal
Hasbro's deal with Emmett/Furla will also see Monopoly and Action Man turned into blockbuster films.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2012

Angry Birds Star Wars announced
Rovio has created a Star Wars version of its popular game along with a branded version of Jenga and plush toys.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2012

Michael Fassbender In Malick's Latest
Gone are the days when you'd wait years for a Terrence Malick film. There were two decades between Days Of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, but he's positively tearing through them at the moment. To The Wonder is out there somewhere, he's just finished shooting Knight Of Cups, and he's already at work on the currently untitled project that used to be called Lawless.
From: Empire Online 08/10/2012

A Liar's Autobiography Monty Pythons assemble
It's two sleeps before this year's BFI London Film Festival kicks off in earnest and excitement is building in these parts at the feast of movie delights packed into 12 days around the big smoke.
From: Empire Online 08/10/2012

Prometheus Could Have Had Facehuggers
In Empire's interview with the original screenwriter of Prometheus, Jon Spaihts - which you can check out in full here - there are a number of fascinating details about what might have been if director Ridley Scott and script doctor Damon Lindelof hadn't changed it further down the line.
From: Empire Online 08/10/2012

Rob Cohen Says The Third xXx Movie Is Dormant
Rob Cohen's resume includes a couple of installments in two major motion-picture franchises.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

Could The Avengers 2 Add Emily Blunt As Ms. Marvel?
Once upon a time, in the far-away time when we had never seen Captain America or Thor get their own movies, Emily Blunt was going to be part of the Marvel universe.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner & Amy Adams All Confirmed For David O. Russell's Next
Over the weekend I caught up with Silver Linings Playbook, the new film from director David O. Russell that's been earning buckets of Oscar buzz ever since it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and ran away with the Audience Award.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

Godzilla Remake Director Promises A Realistic Tone
If you're a fan of a certain franchise or character, one of the most dreaded phases you can hear is "gritty reboot." It feels like it's only been since The Dark Knight that everyone wanted to make darker, more realistic versions of fantastical stories.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

The Hangover Sequel Heading Back To Caesar's Palace
Todd Phillips continues to shoot his third and likely final Hangover movie, and we're learning today that the sequel will come full circle when it opens next summer by brining the Wolfpack back to a familiar place: the scene of the original "crime."
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

Rob Cohen Wants To Do A Found-Footage Action Thriller
Man, Rob Cohen has been doing a lot of talking lately. The director, whose past credits include The Fast and the Furious and xXx, made the publicity rounds on behalf of his upcoming adaptation of James Patterson's Alex Cross (in theaters on Oct. 19).
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2012

Closed Circuit: Terrifying new horror film
In a quiet neighbourhood, one man hides a dark, terrifying secret. For two friends the desire to uncover the depths of his depravity will take them to a hideous place inhabited by pain, torture and death.
From: Film-News 08/10/2012

Chris O'Dowd eyes female film
Chris O'Dowd wants his next movie to be a "strip club comedy" with an all-female cast.
From: Film-News 08/10/2012

Sienna Miller Cast in Drama Film Foxcatcher
The puzzle pieces are finally coming together for Bennet Miller's murder story based on true events.
From: Screenrush 08/10/2012

Christian Bale Will Star In David O. Russell's Next Film
Batman star will join Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams on the untitled project.
From: Screenrush 08/10/2012

Sienna Miller Set For Foxcatcher As Mark Ruffalo's wife
Moneyball man Bennett Miller has cast most of the lead roles in his new true-life drama Foxcatcher. But one major piece had still to be slotted in. Sienna Miller will provide that closure, signing on to play the wife of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2012

Christian Bale Back For David O. Russell
David O. Russell has gathered a hefty band of veterans (and one newcomer) for his latest, untitled drama that once went by the name American Bullsh*t. And though back in July it appeared that Christian Bale had dropped out and been replaced by Jeremy Renner, the former Bruce Wayne is now back aboard.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2012

The Art of Frankenweenie exhibiton
Audiences can experience Disney's FRANKENWEENIE, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton, first hand, as the 'Art of Frankenweenie' Exhibition arrives at the Festival Village at South Bank Centre, London from 17th October, hosted by the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.
From: Film-News 07/10/2012

Red Splat Pictures options Paul Kane's Lunar for feature film
Janice De La Mare, the CEO and producer of Red Splat Pictures, said, "I am delighted to announce the signing of LUNAR to Red Splat. We have been looking forward to collaborating with Paul Kane on a project for some time, and LUNAR is the perfect story for us. It fits well with our horror brand and is a unique and thrilling tale"
From: Film-News 07/10/2012

R.I.P. Lois Smith
Lois Smith, one of New York's longtime top publicists and an architect of the PR powerhouse PMK, passed away this afternoon at 2 PM after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
From: Deadline 07/10/2012

Academy Celebrates 50 Years Of James Bond Music From 'Goldfinger' To 'Skyfall'
Beginning with a performance of Monty Norman's iconic James Bond theme by Vic Flick the original guitarist who performed it the Dr. No soundtrack in 1962 — the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threw a smashing salute, "The Music Of Bond: The First 50 Years", in front of a packed house Friday night.
From: Deadline 07/10/2012

Seal Team Six: Harvey Weinstein film about Bin Laden killing to air in the US
Dramatisation could be Barack Obama's secret weapon, airing two days before polling in the presidential election.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/10/2012

Tom Hiddleston Joins Mystery British Art Film
Not long before Tom Hiddleston became a crush object to fan girls around the world for his performance as the petulant yet strangely sexy Loki of Thor and The Avengers, the English actor made his movie debut in writer-director Joanna Hogg's debut feature Unrelated.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2012

Will Ferrell-Produced Untitled Threesome Comedy Picked Up By Universal
When a movie that has three starring roles is making its way around the depths of Hollywood, it's typically referred to as a "three hander," and never has that name been more appropriate than used in the new film that's being produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy, a.k.a. Gary Sanchez Productions.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2012

Katee Sackhoff Joins Gina Carano In Female Version Of The Expendables
Katee Sackhoff, best known for playing hardcore fighter pilot Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace on Battlestar Galactica, has become the second actress to sign up for a role in the upcoming film that has been described as the female version of The Expendables.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2012

Stop-Motion Studio Laika Announces New Project For 2014
When I spoke to Laika President and CEO Travis Knight a couple months back, he told me that his studio is actively working on expanding and by 2015 hoped to be able to start producing one film a year. It sounds like an incredible and ambitious idea given how painstaking the stop-motion animation process is, but guess what? They already have another movie planned for 2014.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2012

Patricia Clarkson and Zachary Booth Join Indie Dark Comedy Last Weekend
Patricia Clarkson and Zachary Booth are the latest actors to join the cast of the upcoming indie dark comedy Last Weekend, from directors Tom Dolby and Tom Williams, who will be making their feature directorial debuts. Production on the movie is set to commence this week.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2012

Sacha Baron Cohen Signs Up For The Lesbian
Reeling from his success with The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen has been offered a new comedy project to adapt for Paramount, called The Lesbian.
From: Screenrush 05/10/2012

Mel Brooks To Receive AFI Achievement
The 41st AFI Life Achievement Award is the highest honor for a career in film.
From: Deadline 05/10/2012

EOne Acquires 'Twice Born'
Entertainment One Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Twice Born in a deal with Wild Bunch. The film, directed by Sergio Castellitto and starring Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 05/10/2012

Epoch Films Launches 'Goodbye To All That'
Epoch Films has set a mid-October production start for Goodbye To All That, with Junebug scribe Angus MacLachlan making his directing debut on his script.
From: Deadline 05/10/2012

Oscar Buzz Increases As Ben Affleck, George Clooney Celebrate 'Argo's' Hollywood Premiere
After extremely successful film festival launches in Telluride and Toronto, Warner Bros. thriller and big Oscar hopeful, Argo (10/12), finally hit Hollywood last night with a West Coast premiere at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
From: Deadline 05/10/2012

George Clooney seeks Jean Dujardin and Cate Blanchett for Nazi art drama
Dujardin, Blanchett and Paul Giamatti in line for Clooney's historical drama about a taskforce of art experts, on the hunt for looted Nazi art, during the second world war
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2012

Film-maker Ken Burns to fight The Central Park Five subpoena
Burns withholds notes and documentary footage about controversial case from New York City lawyers
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2012

Garlanded Afghan film Buzkashi Boys comes home for premiere
Tale of two young boys in Kabul dreaming of playing the national sport has invigorated country's tiny film industry
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2012

Hungry Hungry Hippos Hunted For Film Action Man may also get his shot
Believe it or not, there really are one or two board game/toy products left to turn into movies. Yes, now someone - in this case rights owners Hasbro and production company Emmet/Furla films -believes that it's time Hungry Hungry Hippos and Action Man took their turn in the cinematic spotlight.
From: Empire Online 04/10/2012

Guillermo Del Toro On The Hulk TV Show Plus a little on his Frankenstein plans
After the runaway success of Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo's take on the angry green chappy in Avengers, the pressure is on showrunner Guillermo Del Toro to make Marvel's mooted Hulk TV show just as popular - and from the sounds of his interview with shocktillyoudrop.com, it looks like there's a bit of a hold up.
From: Empire Online 04/10/2012

Fast Five And X-Men: The Last Stand Writers Pitch Chronicle-Esque Movie To Universal
Zak Penn and Chris Morgan are both known for their contributions to Hollywood's big blockbuster world. Penn is best known for his work in the superhero genre, having a hand in movies like X2, Elektra, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers; while Morgan has written the last three Fast and Furious movies and has number four currently in production. With their history it only makes sense for Penn and Morgan to team up, so that's just what they're doing.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2012

The Internship, Starring Owen Wilson And Vince Vaughn, Moves Up The Release Schedule
It wouldn't make sense for a summer internship to start on June 28th, so Twentieth Century Fox has done the right thing and has moved up their new comedy The Internshipto the first weekend of June.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2012

Samuel L. Jackson And Dominic Cooper Sign On For Reasonable Doubt
Peter Howitt, the director of films such as Antitrust, Sliding Doors and Johnny English, has found his two leads for his next film. Samuel L. Jackson and Dominic Cooper have both signed on the dotted line to star in the legal thriller Reasonable Doubt, originally known as The Good Samaritan.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2012

Adam Brody Joins Romantic Comedy Baggage Claim
Since playing the part of Seth Cohen in Fox's drama series The O.C., Adam Brody has gone on to dabble in feature work, playing a number of roles, including Nikolai, the murderous lead singer in Jennifer's Body, and Deputy Hoss in Scream 4. He has a few projects in the works, among which are Lovelace and Fox Searchlight's romantic comedy Baggage Claim, in which he was recently cast.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2012

Sacha Baron Cohen To Star In And Produce True Story Comedy The Lesbian
Sacha Baron Cohen is coming off a bit of a slip. Best known for his outrageous characters.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2012

Take A Look At A Good Day To Die Hard's New Image
Director John Moore (Max Payne) is taking, a still un-retired, John McClane for a fifth outing in the new film A Good Day to Die Hard.
From: Screenrush 04/10/2012

BAFTA To Honor Daniel Day-Lewis With Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles will present Daniel Day-Lewis with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2012 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on November 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
From: Deadline 04/10/2012

Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke Join Jude Law In Richard Shepard's 'Dom Hemingway'
Oscar nominee Demian Bichir will play a crime boss in black comedy Dom Hemingway from The Matador writer-director Richard Shepard.
From: Deadline 04/10/2012

Surprise: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' To Premiere Monday At New York Film Festival
One of the fun parts of the New York Film Festival is the surprise films that show up unannounced. We are hearing that the festival will stage the World Premiere of Lincoln, the Steven Spielberg-directed film that stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President in the final months of his life and his struggle to end the Civil War, reunite the country and abolish slavery. Tony Kushner wrote the script.
From: Deadline 04/10/2012

Emmett/Furla Pacts To Make Three Films Based On Hasbro Properties
Emmett/Furla Films will finance and co-produce three films based on Hasbro properties in the next two years.
From: Deadline 04/10/2012

Benedict Cumberbatch in line to play Julian Assange in biopic
Sherlock actor could follow turns in The Hobbit and Twelve Years a Slave with starring role in story of WikiLeaks founder.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2012

Lynne Ramsay's Moby-Dick is one giant leap closer to space
We Need To Talk About Kevin director secures financing for sci-fi version of classic Melville novel set in outer space.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2012

Dujardin Up For The Monuments Men George Clooney also eyeing Paul Giamatti
Not content with following up his Oscar win by scoring a role in Martin Scorsese's latest film, The Artist's Jean Dujardin is now being seriously considered to co-star in George Clooney's new project, The Monuments Men alongside Cate Blanchett and Paul Giamatti.
From: Empire Online 03/10/2012

Who Is Captain America 2's Female Lead?
Deadline have been told that the directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Joe and Anthony Russo (Welcome To Collinwood, You Me & Dupree, Community, Arrested Development), have drawn up the names of five actresses who could play the female lead in their upcoming superhero adventure.
From: Empire Online 03/10/2012

Meryl Streep To Go Into The Woods With Rob Marshall
After taking to the high seas with Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, choreographer turned filmmaker Rob Marshall is reteaming with the studio for an ambitious adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical Into the Woods, which gives a twisted take on classic fairy tales from Little Red Riding Hood to Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk.
From: Cinema Blend 03/10/2012

Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Four
Executive Producer George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation present Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Four.
From: Film-News 03/10/2012

David Gordon Green set to direct Little House on the Prairie film
Film-maker behind Pineapple Express in talks to shoot Abi Morgan adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2012

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director will be Matt Reeves
Cloverfield director wins race to take on sequel to surprise sci-fi hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes, due for release in May 2014
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild banned from Screen Actors Guild awards
Rules prohibit entry of non-professional actors Quvenzhané Wallis, an untrained child, and Dwight Henry, a local baker.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2012

Yes, There Will Be A Yogi Bear 2 Jay Chandrasekhar on to write & direct
All right... Own up! Who wished for this on the monkey's paw? Come on... Somebody must have, because now the world is getting a sequel to Yogi Bear.
From: Empire Online 02/10/2012

Clark Gregg Says Trust Me Sam Rockwell amongst the cast
Although he's been tweeting about it for a while now - and slipped a covert, hushed mention to Empire.
From: Empire Online 02/10/2012

Alison Brie, Teresa Palmer, Emilia Clarke And More Being Tested For Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Because the end of Captain America: The First Avenger turned Steve Rogers into a capsicle for 40 years, it was pretty obvious that Haley Atwell's role as Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be reduced to a one-time thing (barring any cameos with her in old age makeup).
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

Clark Gregg Casts Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy And More In Trust Me
If you haven't already (and you're over 18), I highly recommend that you drop whatever your doing right now and go see Choke.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

Topher Grace, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza And Giovanni Ribisi Join A Many Splintered Thing
Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan have acquired a whole bunch of new friends joining them on the set of A Many Splintered Thing. The film, which is being directed by Justin Reardon, now has Topher Grace, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza, and Giovanni Ribisi on-board to star.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

Benedict Cumberbatch And Joel Kinnaman To Star In The Julian Assange Biopic?
When it comes to casting biopics you can either go for similarities in appearance or you can go for acting talent so good that it would negate any aesthetic difference. If the following story is true than Bill Condon's upcoming movie about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has magically found an actor who has both.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

George Clooney Wants Jean Dujardin To Be One Of His Monuments Men
Though earlier this year The Artist's Jean Dujardin beat out George Clooney for the Academy Award for Best Actor, it appears there are no hard feelings between them as The Descendants' headliner is currently looking to collaborate with the French film star in his upcoming war drama The Monuments Men.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

Seth Green Nabs A Role Alongside Ray Liotta And Ashley Judd In The Identical
Seth Green has spent the bulk of his career on television, taking part in shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Greg The Bunny, Family Guy and Robot Chicken, but he has also had his fair share of movies roles and has signed on to take another.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2012

A photo of Daniel Radcliffe, the horny Harry Potter star
When a photograph showing former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe shows up with the actor sprouting a pair of devil-like horns on the top of his brow, a sensationalistic headline can't be very far behind.
From: Coming Attractions 02/10/2012

Jake Gyllenhaal Joins Hugh Jackman In 'Prisoners'
Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove keep putting together Prisoners by adding Jake Gyllenhaal to Hugh Jackman in the kidnapping thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband).
From: Deadline 02/10/2012

'Breaking Dawn Part 2′ First-Day Advance Sales Shattering Twilight Saga's 'Part 1′
I've learned that Summit Entertainment will report that first day advance ticket sales for Breaking Dawn - Part 2 are outpacing Part 1.
From: Deadline 02/10/2012

Five Actresses Testing For 'Captain America 2′ Role; Black Widow Might Drop By As Well
You know that Marvel Studios is moving forward with a superhero movie when there is a bake-off of young talent for key roles.
From: Deadline 02/10/2012

British Film Institute's 'Film Forever' Plan Includes Funding Boost For Filmmakers
British filmmakers will benefit from a boost in British Film Institute funding rising annually to £24M by 2017. The increased investment forms part of the BFI's five-year Film Forever: Supporting UK Film 2012-2017 plan.
From: Deadline 02/10/2012

TOLDJA! Kevin Costner Stars In McG-Directed 'Three Days To Kill'
File this one under, exclusive, my ass. Back in early August, Deadline broke the story that Kevin Costner would star in Three Days to Kill, and also told you that McG was going to direct and Relativity Media would distribute in North America, with Luc Besson writing the script with Adi Hasak and producing through his Europacorp.
From: Deadline 02/10/2012

Knight and Day set for Bollywood makeover
The Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz romcom is to be remade into a Hindi-language version starring Hrithik Roshan as the rogue spy and Katrina Kaif as the woman tangled up in his mission
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2012

Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb return for The Amazing Spider-Man sequel
Star and director of first Spider-Man reboot confirmed for film, with Emma Stone in talks to reprise role of Gwen Stacy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2012

Kate Winslet & More In New Movie 43 Pics The comedy epic on its way at last
Given that it features shorts crafted by more than 15 writes and directors.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2012

Matt Reeves Takes Apes Sequel Job He'll direct the Dawn...
Well, that didn't take long. Following the official confirmation that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt would not be coming back for the sequel (Dawn Of The... you can fill in the rest), 20th Century Fox began a search to find a replacement. A legion of possible shot-callers came wandering through the doors, but now Cloverfield / Let Me In man Matt Reeves has snagged the job.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2012

Elijah Wood Is The Late Bloomer In Randall Einhorn's indie comedy
While Elijah Wood will be back on our screens in a variety of movies (including reprising the role of Frodo Baggins in at least one of the Hobbit films), he's also been drawing praise for his work on US dog-com Wilfred. Now the show's director Randall Einhorn has recruited him to star in The Late Bloomer, a new indie comedy.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2012

Werner Herzog anima 'valiente' la cinematografía
The Grizzly Man filmmaker offered advice to up-and-coming directors of photography at the International Cinematographers Guild's 16th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards.
From: Film-News 01/10/2012

Steve Coogan And Judi Dench In Philomena
The two are set to star in Stephen Frear's adaptation of Martin Sixsmith's heatbreaking novel
From: Screenrush 01/10/2012

Martin Freeman Joins Simon Pegg At The World End
and the edgar Wright's new movie has finally started shooting with Eddie Marsan announced as onboard.
From: Screenrush 01/10/2012

Wes Bentley Signs Up For The Green Blade Rises
Deadline has confirmed that Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games) and Brit Marling (Another Earth) have joined the cast of The Green Blade Rises.
From: Screenrush 01/10/2012

'Steel Magnolias' Film Exec Producer Sues Over Sony-Lifetime-A&E Networks TV Movie
Steel Magnolias, the TV movie based on the blockbuster film, was announced with much fanfare by Sony Pictures Television, Lifetime Entertainment, and A&E Television Networks.
From: Deadline 01/10/2012

Danny Strong Close To Deal To Pen 'Hunger Games' Finale 'Mockingjay'
There is no deal in place for him to write Lionsgate's two-part finale to The Hunger Games, but we're hearing it's likely to happen.
From: Deadline 01/10/2012

'The Hobbit's Elijah Wood Wants To Take Horror Fans To The Woodshed
The Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood has partnered with Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller to form The Woodshed, an indie company that will focus on genre fare.
From: Deadline 01/10/2012

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